ลูกตุ้มแกว่ง(lôok dtûm gwàeng)

Meanings

1NounB1

swinging pendulum (motion/state)

a pendulum that is in motion; the pendulum while it is swinging back and forth

Examples

นาฬิกาnaa-lí-gaaนาฬิกาnaa-lí-gaa1clock; watch2classifier: clocks, watches3o'clock; time of dayกำแพงบ้านgam-paeng bâanกำแพงบ้านgam-paeng bâanhouse boundary wall; compound wallยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)เดินdernเดินdern1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] run; operate (machine/system)3[to] proceed; go; move along4[to] start; initiate (process/plan)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoลูกตุ้มแกว่งlôok dtûm gwàengลูกตุ้มแกว่งlôok dtûm gwàeng1swinging pendulum (motion/state)2[to] swing like a pendulumไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa1[to] go back and forth; frequent2back and forth; to and fro3(in 'ไป ... มา') indicates a completed round trip
Grandma’s wall clock still runs because its pendulum is swinging back and forth.
2VerbB2

[to] swing like a pendulum

to move back and forth like a pendulum

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ผลักเบาplàk baoผลักเบาplàk bao[to] push [sth/sb] gently; give [sth/sb] a light shoveๆ-ลูกตุ้มแกว่งlôok dtûm gwàengลูกตุ้มแกว่งlôok dtûm gwàeng1swinging pendulum (motion/state)2[to] swing like a pendulumไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa1[to] go back and forth; frequent2back and forth; to and fro3(in 'ไป ... มา') indicates a completed round tripอย่างสม่ำเสมอyàang sà-màm-sà-mĕrอย่างสม่ำเสมอyàang sà-màm-sà-mĕr1regularly; consistently2evenly; uniformly
When I pushed it lightly, the pendulum swung back and forth steadily.

Word Breakdown

ลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)Part 1
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ตุ้มแกว่งdtûm gwàengตุ้มแกว่งdtûm gwàengpendulum bob; swinging weightPart 2
ลูกตุ้มแกว่งlôok dtûm gwàengลูกตุ้มแกว่งlôok dtûm gwàengswinging pendulum (motion/state)